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From: krb@xx.acs.appstate.edu (Kinney Baughman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3COM 3C905-TX network card compatible?
Date: 30 Jan 1997 16:15:45 GMT
Organization: Appalachian State University
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Curt Welch (curt@kcwc.com) wrote:
: In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, Dara Ghahremani <dara@salk.edu> writes:
: >I don't see anything about the 3COM 3C905-TX 10/100 BASE T network card
: >listed in the FreeBSD documentation, including the FAQs. Does anyone know
: >if this is compatible, and if so, what driver it uses?

It's supported in the 2.1.6-Release.  I'm using that card now and it's 
working fine.

Note that the driver itself is still named for the earlier version, the 
3C595, I think.

That little detail threw me off for a while as I toured the net trying to 
find an updated driver.

Kinney Baughman